Perceptions Quotes

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The observations and encounters of a devotee of solitude and silence are at once less distinct and more penetrating than those of the sociable man;… — Thomas Mann
If we wish to know about a man, we ask 'what is his story--his real, inmost story?'--for each of us is a biography, a story.… — Oliver Sacks
Though all three men faced the same hardship, their differing perceptions of it appeared to be shaping their fates. Louie and Phil's hope displaced their… — Laura Hillenbrand
Violet said nothing, though big pearly tears, like a child's, trembled at her lashes. She suddenly missed John very much. Into him she could pour… — John Crowley
Perhaps if we could popularise through the techniques of branding and consumerism, a different idea, a different narrative, perhaps the world can change. After all… — Russell Brand
Our perceptions are fallible. We sometimes see what isn't there. We are prey to optical illusions. Occasionally we hallucinate. We are error-prone. — Carl Sagan
I am thing that thinks: that is, a things that doubts,affirms, denies, understands a few things, is ignorant of many things, is willing, is unwilling,… — Rene Descartes
But what we're really trapped by is perceptions. You think you need to lose weight for someone to love you. I think if I gain… — Jennifer Weiner
We see the world, not as it is, but as we are -- or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our… — Stephen Covey
But when the group is literally capable of changing our perceptions, and when to stand alone is to activate primitive, powerful, and unconscious feelings of… — Susan Cain
Music itself was color-blind but the media and the radio stations segregate it based on their perceptions of the artists. — Anthony Kiedis
All our knowledge hast its origins in our perceptions â€¦ In nature there is no effect without a cause â€¦ Experience never errs; it is… — Leonardo da Vinci
Feelings are self-justifying, with a set of perceptions and "proofs" all their own. — Daniel Goleman
But Annabeth knew that people saw what they wanted to see. They didnâ€™t need the Mist to warp their perceptions. — Rick Riordan
The observations and encounters of a solitary, taciturn man are vaguer and at the same times more intense than those of a sociable man; his… — Thomas Mann
If I had been a different sort of person, maybe less impressionable, less intense, less fearful, less utterly dependent upon the perceptions of others -… — Marya Hornbacher
The human soul is heavy, clumsy, held in the mud of the flesh. Its perceptions are still coarse and brutish. It can divine nothing clearly,… — Nikos Kazantzakis
When we pray for God to illumine our path, we are saying, â€˜Dear God, please show me the way. What thoughts do I need to… — Marianne Williamson
We do not merely perceive objects and hold thoughts in our minds: all our perceptions and thought processes are felt. All have a distinctive component… — Antonio Damasio
To be an artist is not a matter of making paintings or objects at all. What we are really dealing with is our state of… — Robert Irwin

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